Old accounts

I set my account up to be members only viewing about 20 minutes after I joined 10 years ago. Never had a single image stolen.

What other people do with their accounts is their choice.

You would probably be better shooting your questions directly to Admin TBH

I get that but these people are members, my point is if you've not used your account in 4 to 7 years would it be relevant anyway, if your a model clearly the images wouldn't be relevant to how you look, if your a photographer the images unless shot in film are going to be wildly out of date

I mean i guess a photographers images hold relevance longer to be honest but how long before a models images  no longer represent her or his look ? anything after 3 years seems a stretch to me tbh 

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I often wonder why these people are on here. I do have suspicions, though... 

If I see a profile that makes me think 'it doesn't look as if this person's main purpose of being on here is to arrange shoots', I usually block them. 

I had one who would visit daily (Male model, never any new photos, no references) when I took more NSFW images 18 months ago.  Hardly see them these days and still they have no new photos or references.

It would be hard to police but do wonder a legitimate reason anyone would be a member if they aren't actually working.

If you're worried about your images being "stolen", don't post them on the internet.

Andy McG said

It would be hard to police but do wonder a legitimate reason anyone would be a member if they aren't actually working.

I left the business 9 years ago, I shut done my studio and my photography PP account which had lots of references and opened a retouching account thinking that I might continue retouching for other people. I'm pretty much retired now, but still log in every few days because I still love photography and like seeing other photographers work. Does that mean I shouldn't have an account?

Touch Me Up said

Andy McG said

It would be hard to police but do wonder a legitimate reason anyone would be a member if they aren't actually working.

I left the business 9 years ago, I shut done my studio and my photography PP account which had lots of references and opened a retouching account thinking that I might continue retouching for other people. I'm pretty much retired now, but still log in every few days because I still love photography and like seeing other photographers work. Does that mean I shouldn't have an account?

As I said, difficult to police.

Don't really see what business it is how other members want to run their accounts.

It's between them and the site management and no-one else.

The site offer users tools to prevent these accounts from appearing in searches, and and tools - in as far as is reasonably practical - to help keep accounts secure.

If other users fail to use / don't use these tools, that's hardly the sites fault.

Stu H said

Don't really see what business it is how other members want to run their accounts.

It's between them and the site management and no-one else.

The site offer users tools to prevent these accounts from appearing in searches, and and tools - in as far as is reasonably practical - to help keep accounts secure.

If other users fail to use / don't use these tools, that's hardly the sites fault.

nobody is blaming the site, its an honest question on peoples thoughts but personally its everyone's right to know people in a group and that they are here for the correct intentions that is what all the checks are for joining after all other wise why bother just open the doors. 

There are clear vulnerabilities with models and photographers forget about copyright some models cant have images getting out for work same with some photographers etc, there are many reasons you would want to make sure people are here for the correct purpose of the site, i know its impossible to completely police it and not expecting that but just asking about portfolios that are obviously not working at all 

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Photowallah said

If you're worried about your images being "stolen", don't post them on the internet.

glad you came never would have thought of that without you :-)

Andy McG said

I had one who would visit daily (Male model, never any new photos, no references) when I took more NSFW images 18 months ago.  Hardly see them these days and still they have no new photos or references.

It would be hard to police but do wonder a legitimate reason anyone would be a member if they aren't actually working.

you just dont know do you and just the other week i saw a model posting about some site people are publishing people images on categorised by models names and stuff, all the images have to come from somewhere i would imagine 

Touch Me Up said

Andy McG said

It would be hard to police but do wonder a legitimate reason anyone would be a member if they aren't actually working.

I left the business 9 years ago, I shut done my studio and my photography PP account which had lots of references and opened a retouching account thinking that I might continue retouching for other people. I'm pretty much retired now, but still log in every few days because I still love photography and like seeing other photographers work. Does that mean I shouldn't have an account?

im pretty much same to be honest, i only just reopened this account ide moved to retouching, personally i would say no because you have references and your known, im talking about people that joined years ago have no references and only few pictures they joined with years ago no evidence of ever actually working at all 

ANDY00

As a hobbyist... I've never "worked".

In what way is a portfolio not working?

No new pictures in x number of years ... so what?

Maybe they are taking a break from model photography or from modelling.

The portfolio is still "working" even if the member is not currently actively shooting as it's showing that the member isn't actively shooting.

Stu H said

ANDY00

As a hobbyist... I've never "worked".

In what way is a portfolio not working?

No new pictures in x number of years ... so what?

Maybe they are taking a break from model photography or from modelling.

The portfolio is still "working" even if the member is not currently actively shooting as it's showing that the member isn't actively shooting.

your clearly taking offence to my question Stu. its a simple question to the group, i got your answer, you think its fine, Got it :-) but in my opinion if a model has 4 pictures posted 7 years ago maybe he/she wont look that way anymore, Or maybe he/she does how awesome would that be

Also i did clearly say I totally understand people take breaks but they have proof they do work they do create, im talking about accounts that have never produced anything at all

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ANDY00

I've not taken offence... I just hate typing, and I also tend to be direct as it reduces potential for misunderstanding. Too many years of issuing quotations to people that don't understand what they are after or the quote has left me somewhat *jaded* when it comes to text.

It can assure you, my fence is in the same place as it was when I came in to this thread :-)

If a model has 4 pictures posted 4 years ago, and not logged in since, then it's a pretty surefire way of knowing that the model is:

- not active on PurplePort

- potentially not modelling

That the portfolio is still here, *should* be an indication of one of the above and the viewer can decide if they *want* to pursue making contact or not.

If the profile had been removed, and you had seen an image on a different profile, and the model has a name, there is nothing to indicate that pursuing the model through other channels is highly likely to be a waste of time.

A portfolio which has no recent changes is a very strong indication that the person is inactive, and one that's an easy tell.